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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

Vladimir Nabokov quotes

American Novelist, Writer April 22, 1899 – July 2, 1977

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in a livid wet dress, under the tumbling mist... had run ecstatically up that ridge above Moulinet to be felled there by a thunderbolt. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "What can be sadder than a discouraged artist dying not from..."
What can be sadder than a discouraged artist dying not from his own commonplace maladies, but from the cancer of oblivion? Vladimir Nabokov
My Carmen," I said (I used to call her that sometimes) "we shall leave this raw sore town as soon as you get out of bed." "... Because, really," I continued, "there is no point in staying here." "There is no point in staying anywhere," said Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Be true to your Dick."
Be true to your Dick. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "I was weeping again, drunk on the impossible past."
I was weeping again, drunk on the impossible past. Vladimir Nabokov
So let her remain, sleek, slender Monique, as she was for a minute or two: a delinquent nymphet shining through the matter-of-fact young whore Vladimir Nabokov
We are now ready to tackle Dickens. We are now ready to embrace Dickens. We are now ready to bask in Dickens. In our dealings with Jane Austen we had to make a certain effort in order to join the ladies in the drawing room. In the case of Dickens we remain at table with our tawny port. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are..."
Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disdainful of hearing aids? Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "There is an old American saying 'He who lives in a glass house..."
There is an old American saying 'He who lives in a glass house should not try to kill two birds with one stone. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Don't touch me; I'll die if you touch me."
Don't touch me; I'll die if you touch me. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ."
My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ. Vladimir Nabokov
... It is a singular reaction, this sitting still and writing, writing, writing, or ruminating at length, which is much the same, really. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Do those clowns really believe what they teach?"
Do those clowns really believe what they teach? Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Words without experience are meaningless."
Words without experience are meaningless. Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Satire is a lesson, parody is a game."
Satire is a lesson, parody is a game. Vladimir Nabokov

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